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BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

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Crime fiction set in Iceland – Deceit – Jónína Leósdóttir

  • Submitted: 18th October 2022

Icelandic crime fiction .A novel written by a new and exciting voice in Icelandic crime fiction. Jónína Leósdóttir is very well known in her native country - she's a novelist, playwright…

Deadly Triangle set in England and Canada – Susan Goldenberg

  • Submitted: 17th October 2022

A Deadly Triangle of a true story The 1935 murder of architect Francis Rattenbury, designer of the iconic Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial…

Scandi Noir set in Denmark – A Harmless Lie Sara Blaedel

  • Submitted: 13th October 2022

A Harmless Danish Lie by Sara Blaedel I haven't read or reviewed a Sara Blaedel book in a while and I was getting Danish withdrawal SO I decided to head…

The Witches of Vardo set in Norway – Anya Bergman

  • Submitted: 12th October 2022

Vardø's witchtrials, Norway Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcraft. The novel is inspired by a very real story…

The Ghost Woods set in Scotland – C J Cooke

  • Submitted: 10th October 2022

Ghostly woods with C J Cooke In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of…

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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